How to Pronounce "flight of fancy"
expression
FLYTE-uv-FAN-see
flyte-OV-FAN-see
Definition
A 'flight of fancy' is an imaginative but unrealistic idea or thought. It refers to thinking up things that are creative or dreamlike, but not practical or likely to happen.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈfɫaɪt/ /ˈəv/ /ˈfænsi
British English
flˈaɪt/ /ˈɒv/ /fˈænsi
Simplified Pronunciation
US
FLYTE-uv-FAN-see
UK
flyte-OV-FAN-see
Listen in Context
His plan to build a city on the moon is just a flight of fancy.
That story was just a flight of fancy.
Don't take her idea seriously; it's just a flight of fancy.
His novel is filled with flights of fancy and magical creatures.